316 - m52b28 / individual+

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:42 pm

Spoiler is living up to its name and spoiling a nice car.

Looks good mate and the rims are something a bit different to the norm.

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:03 pm

haha that bloody spoiler eh -

you know it doesnt look so bad now i have these wheels on - doesnt seem to stick out as much?

also check out the twisted evil mudflaps going on!!!

im telling you guys that the spoiler and mudflaps is a good look - trust me all the VW boys are gonna start wanting to do the same to their cars!!!

all seriousness though - i have a new bootlid with no spoiler to go on - its a different colour so will need spraying - i was going to leave that till winter time tbh.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:26 pm

You could just unbolt that thing and put some tape over the holes?

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:04 pm

Veeeeeeeeeeeeerrrry nice! I'm gettin a real hankerin for a brown interior now- old skool!

Are you going to debadge your new bootlid? I'm picturing it now- no spoiler, no badge, pressed plates and a stainless steel pipe at a jaunty angle for a bit of euro-look, yeah!

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:10 pm

MadMax wrote:Veeeeeeeeeeeeerrrry nice! I'm gettin a real hankerin for a brown interior now- old skool!

Are you going to debadge your new bootlid? I'm picturing it now- no spoiler, no badge, pressed plates and a stainless steel pipe at a jaunty angle for a bit of euro-look, yeah!

haha yea no badges / bmw emblem - im going to fit a dolphin tail type exhaust that angles downwards right at the tip. no spoiler - defo like the idea of smaller pressed type plates the standard ones are huge!

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:00 am

bit of progress.. lol i havent updated this thread in AGES haha

as you may have already seen I have fitted wilwood four pots at the front.

I went on a part gathering mission, decided to buy a whole 323i donor as i wanted the front struts and a rear beam for the rear disk brakes and a few other things such as gearbox, prop, engine mounts, flywheel, starter, rear diff etc.. etc.

I ended up finding something rather local, it was partially stripped already but complete (the stuff was in the boot and it came with a fair few goodies).

so i started stripping it out,

I struggled to undo some bolts but in only !!four days!! i managed it and then the e21 was soooo light - it started floating off!!!!
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behold the mysterious flying e21

bought some more stuff like rear camber plates and a full set of polybushes, and a few other things like a nice 9 drawer roller bearing tool chest.

also bought an engine donor although its more like a parts shed at the minute haha.

next thing to do is send the struts off to be made into GAZ coilovers

the rest of the suspension parts I will be de-rusting and painting so it looks nice and protects the metal..

pressing out the old bushes / getting the rear beam slotted and the camber plates on.

more to come over the next few weeks. im on a tight schedule so i hope i find the time!

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:05 am

Good stuff.

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:36 am

Looking good dude, loving the floating e21 shot! If there was ever an e21 calendar made that would surely make the cut!

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:59 am

Where's the Flux capacitor?

raseeda green · Post by **raseeda green** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:32 am

great looking, totally transformed, i had the same mixed opion onthe twin headlight, but have decided that the singles look better.

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:35 am

today it was a really nice sunny day up in yorkshire. I decided to recommision the 316.

The car hasnt emerged from the garage in 6 months, but i have been starting it up and letting it get warm every few weeks.

So I took him out and changed the spark plug leads for some new ones, and gave it a cheeky run up n down the street, for some reason the passenger side hub was a bit loose? so i took out the split pin and gave it a bit of a tighten and now its sorted.

I decided that id give boris a wash.

Couldnt resist taking a pic or two. check out my marvelous photographic skills with a HTC HD2 mobile phone!!

also had a go at cleaning up and painting the suspension parts with rust bullet.

1. wire bush like hell.
2. rough sandpaper
3. gunk degrease
4. let it dry
5. www.rustbullet.com - paint with this stuff.. its REALLY good.

I got loads some more stuff to do, next week i should have the rear beam modified with camber plates. ive got all the hardware to do it now.

Hopefully should be a week or so when i get my GAZ suspension back. it always seems to take forever when your waiting for goodies to arrive!

The 5 series has been left at a mates and taken off the road, will be cashing in the tax disk and then taxing boris so hes road legal again at the end of the month. cant be doing with missing out on all this lovely cruising weather!

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:09 am

Looking good buddy!

tommi_e21 · Post by **tommi_e21** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:48 pm

Zan you do love you painting dont you lol

dannyboy · Post by **dannyboy** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:12 pm

its looking good nas

Silver Surfer · Post by **Silver Surfer** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:03 pm

austin25uk wrote:Zan you do love you painting dont you lol